Here, in Kurt Vonnegut's final short story collection-Bagombo Snuff Box (1999)-we have combined early and rather more obscure stories which had not appeared earlier. Drawn largely from the 1950s and the slick magazine markets which Vonnegut had from the beginning of his career in the postwar period demonstrated an uncanny ability to sell, these stories show clearly that Vonnegut found his central themes early on as a writer. More, he had been able...

The Bridgertons are less a family than a force of nature. Through eight bestselling novels, readers laughed, cried, and fell in love. But they wanted more. And so the readers asked the author: what happens next? Does Simon ever read his father's letters? Do Francesca and Michael become parents? Who would win in a Pall Mall grudge match? Here, Quinn delivers eight sexy, funny, and heartwarming "2nd Epilogues" plus a bonus story about none other than...

Raised in the idyllic setting of Dorlcote Mill, the wild and wilful Maggie Tulliver adores her elder brother Tom and is forever trying to gain the approbation of her parents. Yet, as she grows older and the family struggle under the weight of severe pecuniary difficulties, she becomes increasingly caught between the divergent expectations of the four men in her life: a doting father, an obdurate and vengeful brother, a good-looking and frivolous suitor...

Abrianna Cunningham has always viewed her longtime friend, Wade Ackerman, as a protective brother. Lately, however, she's begun to see him differently and finds herself attracted romantically to him. But she's confused and overwhelmed by these unfamiliar feelings. Wade, on the other hand, has loved Abrianna for some time and has been waiting for her to realize they are more than just friends. When he asks her to marry him, she asks for time to adjust...

This collection includes some of O. Henry's best stories, featurd here: 1) Strictly Business 2) The Gold that Glittered 3) Babes in the Jungle 4) The Day Restaurant 5) The Fifth Wheel 6) The Poet and the Peasant 7) The Robe of Peace 8) The Girl and the Graft 9) The Call of the Tame 10) The Unknown Quantity 11) The Thing's the Play 12) A Ramble in Aphasia 13) A Municipal Report 14) Psyche and the Pskyscraper 15) A Bird of Bagdad 16) Compliments of...

Fleeing a dishonorable man, Margaret abandons her pampered upper-class world for an anonymous life "below stairs." But will danger or love find her first?

At the Van Meter family's retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke, Winn and his wife Biddy are preparing for the marriage of his daughter Daphne to the affable young scion Greyson Duff. Though Biddy has planned the wedding with military precision, the arrangements are sideswept by a storm of salacious misbehavior and intractable lust.

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is partly based on the author's actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, liberallysupplemented with imaginative reconstruction and adaptation of material from other books. The title is from the...

In this memoir, the author "takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent post-war period--people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards."--Jacket.

Based on Anna Leonowens' experineces as a teacher of English at the court of Siam. The author has combined parts of the books written by Anna Leonowens with her own research to present a picture of the life and times of King Mongkut and his English teacher.